Animal-trap.



W. A.,GlBBS.

ANIMAL TRAP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1915.

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ANIMAL TRAP.

APPLICATION H LED WY 25, 1915- LQ, Patented June 13, 1916.

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.lipplicatlon filed y 25, 1915.

i To all whom it may concern f part of this specification, Figure l` a sideelevation of an animal trap in closed position embodyinginy improvement; Fig. 2 is a the` lugs top plan view of the trap in open or set position; Fig. 3 is a sectional View on a plane indicated by the .line lll-lll.' Fig', :21 Fig@ 4f is a View similar to Fig. illustratiliig a modi'ication oit the trigger arrangement for the outer jaws; Fig. `s a sectional xf'ieuf'oii a plane indicated by the line li Fig. l; Fig. 6 is a top plan view o1C a trap in open 'o1' set position illustrating a modification of the latch mechanism for the outer or 'auxiliary jaws, and Fig. 7 sectional View on a plane indicated by thiL line VII-vll Fig. 6.

The invention described herein line l'or its object construction of trap hinlyi two pairs of jaws, the second or aun'ilii pair of jaws being; adapted to be releae quent to the release of the first or inain r such release being effected by the movement of one of the inain jaws or by the movement of the trap when shifted by' the animal caught by the other pairs et jaws.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

ln the practice oit the invention, the base of the trap is preferably formed of tivo bars 1 and 2 arranged at right angles to each other and riveted together at their intersection as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. @ne of these bars as 2 is provided with tivo pairs of upwardly projectingy lugs 3 and fl, thev members of each pair losingf arranged equidistant from the point of intersection of the base barsA and the lugs lbeing located outside of the lugs rthe distances of 3 and 4; will be dependent upon the desired diameters et the jaws desired. lt is preferred that the inner lugs 3 should be formed. by turning* up the ends of a short bar riveted 'to the base bar 2. The jaws 5 and 6 are seinicircular in shape asis customary in this style of trap and' are provided at their ends with outwardly projecting trnnnone and. 8 adapted to t mmmewwm llatented dune t3, 1916.

Serial No. 30,354.

iu holes in the lugs 3 and 4.- as shown in Figs. l and- 2.

Any suitable arrangement of springs may be employed for closing the jaws and holding them in closed position7 but it is preferred to employ the construction in general use. rllhese springs l) and 10 consist of' spring steel having one end riveted to the cross-bar Q,- and the opposite or free ends formed with eyes or loops ll and 12 inclosing the jaws. The springs are so bent that when the jaws are-closed the loops will inclose the jaws somo distance above their pivotal' supports. As the loops 11 and 12 are made of a width only a little greater than the'coinbined widths of the jaws, the p latter can not be separated until the loops be pushed below the pivotal points of the jaws. llhen so pressed down and the jaws opened the sides or the eyes or loops of the spring will bear against the under edges of the jaws adjacent to pivotal points.

The inner pair ot jaws 5, may be held open or in position by any suitable means such for example as that shown, consisting of swinging latch 13 so mounted. as to be turned down over one oit' the jaws 5 andengago at its inner end a notch lliin the pivl",

lt not infrequently happens when using a' trap haring" a' single pair of jaws that the animal will jerk back its foot as it feels the treadle yield and the jaws will not securely grip the animal7 and the animal in its struggies 'will release itself. ln order to prevent lthe escape of the animal, provision is made for the release of the outer or auxillary pair of jaws before the animal can ellect a release from the First or main jaws. rlhe release ol: the catch mechanism of the auxiliary jaws can be el'ected either by the movement of the trap by the animal in its struggles or by one of the main jaws as it moves to closed position. ln the embodiment .of my improvement shown in Figs. l, 2 and '3, a catch employed for holding the jaws 6 in open position. is connected by a chain or other suitable means to an anchor, so that when the trap is shifted, the catch will be disengaged from the jaws permitting them to close. A suitable construction to this end auxiliary jaws is du@ to a mman-331i", ai Jorma-n 05E the um. The u ma@ an h@ jaws 5 when @pan as shawn in Fig @a Tlw'edge of this projectwn 1s; prefxmbzy bcvelec'i whe'e engaged by the aw 5 in th@ wel the jaw am La; by wwemeufa 01T' a pmt-@120E the tmp. l

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